Baghdad , Iraq -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Three bombs left outside three Christian homes in western Baghdad detonated Tuesday evening , wounding at least three people , an Interior Ministry official said .

It was not clear if the injured were Christian residents or others on the street .

The latest attacks came as 35 Christian survivors of a chilling church attack last month arrived in France , where they will be able to seek asylum .

A group called the Islamic State of Iraq claimed responsibility for the gruesome October 31 siege of the Sayidat al-Nejat cathedral that left 70 people dead and 75 wounded . The umbrella group includes a number of Sunni extremist organizations and has ties to al Qaeda in Iraq .

In another western Baghdad neighborhood , a car bomb killed at least one person and wounded five , the official said . The bombing occurred near a Sunni mosque and an office belonging to one of Iraq 's top Sunni Arab parties .

Meanwhile , the death toll from a car bomb explosion in Basra increased to at least 12 , the interior ministry said . At least 39 others were wounded when the car bomb exploded Monday in a busy commercial district in the western part of the city , the ministry said .

In two major Shiite cities , another 11 people were killed Monday , the Interior Ministry said .

On a crowded street in the Iraqi city of Karbala , a blast killed at least 10 people and wounded 38 , the ministry said . The bomb went off at one of the main entrances to the city where buses carrying Iranian pilgrims stop .

In Najaf , at least one person was killed and 10 were wounded in a bombing , the ministry said . The parked car bomb targeted buses carrying Iranian pilgrims at the road leading to Najaf 's old city .

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The attack comes as a group of Iraqi Christians arrive in France

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A car bomb in another Baghdad neighborhood kills at least one person

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The death toll from a car bomb in Basra rises to 12